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Issue: Thrilling Comics #1 (25) Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #1 (25) of 80 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications
On Sale Date: 12/18/1941
Volume: 9
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines [as N. L. Pines] (president)
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Mike Ellis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Art was previously credited to Kin Platt ?, but appears rather to be by Binder.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Pick your prize
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Pages: 1
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The Return of the Emperor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doc Strange [Professor Thomas Hugo Strange]; Virginia Thompson; Mike Ellis; The Emperor (villain); Kamholtz (villain, introduction, death); Fire-Apes (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Weird fire-apes, deadly gas, a mighty subterranean drill...
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Pages: 12
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The Case of the Magnetic Mines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The American Crusader [Archibald Masters]; Jane Peters [Masters' secretary]; Nazi spies (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Lecturing at a college near Niagara, Prof. Masters and Jane Peters enjoy a picnic supper...
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Pages: 10
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Case of the Counterfeit Tickets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Dan Duffy; Marcia Lee; "Blink" Gordon; Tasoni (villain, introduction); Pinky Craft
First Line: Sorry, Blink... these tickets are counterfeit!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Platt signs - as 'Kin' - in the final panel.
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Episode In Kapore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): The Ghost [George Chance]; Betty Morris; Professor Fenton (villain); the spirit of the Venerable Yogi; Jane (maid); Tom
First Line: Go after the jewels of the Rajah of Kapore?
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credit per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
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The Scientists' Death List

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): George Hale (introduction); Vickie Dale (introduction); Mr. Perkins (introduction); Venoma (villain, introduction); Fritz; Dr. Nielssen; Phillips; Langreth
First Line: Night--in the offices of the War Department, evil lurks!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).

Keith Chandler : Despite this apparent attribution, the art has none of the hallmarks of Mandel's style, in particular the characteristic 'sucked-in cheek' markings.
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Trigger Trap

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Joe Wade; Jacques LaTour; Mack Hunter; Sheriff Thomas
First Line: Joe Wade halted his little cowpony as he reached the old trapper's cabin back in the mountains.
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Pages: 0.85
Disclose Notes: The balance of the page is taken up with the annual Statement of Ownership.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.15
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The Owens Mob Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime, superhero
Character(s): The Woman in Red [Peggy Allen]; The Owens Mob (villains, introduction for all); Archer (villain, introduction, death); Owens
First Line: Councilman Archer calls on the commissioner!
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Platt art credits per Alter Ego #111 (July 2012).
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Convoy Duty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): The Lone Eagle; Coron (villain, introduction); Masters (introduction); Manners
First Line: You'll fly convoy duty in a five hundred mile area!
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Pages: 7
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A Merry Christmas to All

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chats with the Editor
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Boys and girls, this Yuletide season is a jolly time, as always--but it's also a time for solemnity and reverence.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a membership form to join the Thrilling Club.
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The Buck Tracy Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Rio Kid; Raben (villain, introduction); Buck Tracy (introduction); his son (introduction); daughter (introduction); Jud; Joe
First Line: Buck Tracy celebrates...
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration); ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (illustration); ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be a radio technician
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the book "Rich Rewards In Radio."
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Red Ryder; Thunder (horse); Little Beaver
First Line: Get a Daisy air rifle with your Christmas cash!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Daisy air rifles and the Daisy catalog.

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